FSX-MS Default CRJ700 VC textures location (want to make HD)

[ThrottleUp]

Hallo,

I fly the default FSXSE CRJ700 a lot. The VC is decent but the texures are not high rez enough for me. So I'd like to fire up GIMP and tweak them to make em sharp and HD. I want to do to the CRJ what the OzX team did to the default Goose (they did a HD Goose Redux).

However I cant seem to locate the VC texures files. Im looking for the instrument panel, the cockpit windscreen pillars, the circuit breaker boards etc. The panel folder only has the BMP files for the 2D panel. Im guessing the VC and its textures are in the Bombardier_CRJ_700\model Bombardier_CRJ_700_Interior.mdl 

Am I right? What program do I need to access the VC? How do I open a .mdl? Is there free software that can do it?

Finally, has someone already done this? Created a HD version of the default CRJ VC? I dont want to reinvent the wheel. I've searched extensively and the only ones Ive come across are tweaks to the external model but none for the VC. Just thought Id ask in case Ive missed it!

Cheers :)

 

[CYXR]

Dave Hoeffgen  reworked the CRJ-700`s VC; see this thread: http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/default-crj-700-vc-rework.436719/ 

 

 

[ThrottleUp]

Thanks for that link, Ive bookmarked it. Looks very interesting. 

However he is not revamping the textures of the VC which is what Im after :)

But any improvement to the default VC is welcome and I'll keep tabs on that. In the meantime I'll try and find out how to get to the VC textures.

[N2056]

The textures can be found in the root texture folder. Look for the ones that end "_C".